Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Dr. Omer Awan is a practicing physician who covers public health. While many associate famines with starvation and empty plates, ...

Famine is now occurring in Gaza City, according to the world’s leading authority on food crises. The Integrated Food Security Phase Classification released an analysis Friday, saying more than half a ...

Significant shortages of bread and essential supplies, including food and fuel, have returned to the Gaza Strip as Israel continues to tighten restrictions on the entry of goods and aid. In recent ...

Research on World War II’s Dutch “Hunger Winter” has terrifying implications for Gaza’s malnourished children – and then for their children. According to the groundbreaking work of Dutch researcher ...

The story of Eily, Michael and Peggy fending for themselves in the Irish famine of the mid 19th century will be brought to ...

TEL AVIV, Israel — Famine is "imminent" in northern Gaza, where around 300,000 people still remain, and is at risk of happening any time between now and May, according to a new report by experts who ...

The Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) issued a report Friday stating Northern Gaza’s citizens are threatened by an “imminent and substantial likelihood of extreme famine.” The ...

The potato is often seen as a humble food, a versatile crop that graces dinner tables worldwide. Yet, for 19th-century Ireland, this simple tuber was more than a dietary staple – it was a lifeline.

Famine is imminent in northern Gaza where 70% of the population are already suffering with catastrophic levels of hunger, a UN-backed report said Monday, as the EU’s top diplomat accused Israel of ...

For months, U.N. officials, aid groups and experts have warned that Palestinians in Gaza are on the brink of famine. Earlier this month, Israel eased a weekslong blockade on the territory as a result ...

FILE - Palestinians struggle to get donated food at a community kitchen in Gaza City, northern Gaza Strip, July 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Jehad Alshrafi, File) (Jehad ...